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257. 30.9.45, cont. W. of Killeen, DU., cont. Pentapleura pumilio 1♂︎, 1♀︎: not mtd. P. angustula 3♀︎♀︎: not mtd. Phaenocarpa conspurcator ♀︎♀︎ abundant & very variable in size; only 5♂︎♂︎: none mtd. Ph. flavipes 1 nice ♂︎, small, ant. 30. Aspilota spp. only 9 = all kept & mtd. as follows. A. minutissima ♀︎, ant. 16. A. pullatus m.? small ♂︎, ant. 20. A. dentifemur-parva 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 18. A. cf. picticornis? a small ♂︎, ant. 17. A. immitator ♀︎, ant. 14. A. sp.? ♀︎, ant. 18, merest trace of dimple; ant. with seg. 3 & 4 both slender, prop. +/- rugose, very abrupt! A. (Synaldis) sp.? 2♀︎♀︎, ant. 17 & 18. Dacnusa areolaris, laevipectus & pubescens very common, the latter especially amongst turnips: [[strikethrough]] small ♂︎♂︎ of last kept [[/strikethrough]] none mtd. D. maculipes 1♀︎ } none mtd. D. longiradialis 3♂︎♂︎, 1♀︎ } none mtd. D. gilvipes 6 (♂︎♂︎ & ♀︎♀︎) } none mtd. D. cyclops 3: 1♂︎ (ant. 28), 2 smaller ♀︎♀︎ (ant. 22 & 23.). D. elegantula 1 small ♀︎, ant. 23. D. aphanta ♂︎, ant. 24. Aphidiidae: only 5 all told: mounted only two = A. cf. avenae, 1 very blackish ♀︎, ant. 17. A. cf. polygoni 1♀︎, with 12th & 13th segments of antennae +/- united. Not I think up to fabarum Marshall! 258. 30.9.45 cont. W. of Killeen, DU., cont. Proctos. Serphids in great abundance & nearly all ♀︎♀︎. Other Proctos. rare: 6 of latter mtd. = Chalcids common: 1 mounted has large flattened scapes to antennae = Cynipids common. Beetles rare. Bombus agrorum & Vespa vulgaris seen. 3rd Oct. 1945. After a very high & steady barometer for a week, this was the second remarkably hot & sunny day in succession, following a very heavy fog at night which left everything wet & dripping & under trees where they had caught the fog the roads were in pools. A slight breeze rose about noon & under its influence & very hot sun the vegetation dried rapidly, except in shade of hedges, &c.